Robert Shaw

Dead Poet Doubleheader! Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath and Three Women

59E59 Theaters offers two looks at a literary icon

Fall Guide: The Tricycle Theatre Invades With Its Epic History of Afghanistan

The Public Theater presents director Nicholas Kent's production of The Great Game

4 Reasons We Liked Pelham One Two Three (1974) Better Than Pelham 123 (2009)

The Taking of Pelham 123, new version, has been judged on the merits by our own Jim Ridley. We looked at it instead as a point of comparison between what New York on film means now, and what it meant when the 1974 Joseph Sargent version (hereafter identified as One Two Three, as that film had the ca ... More >>

Blood on Tracks in Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

In this subway series, the original Pelham wins

Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer Looks Like Trouble

The trailer for the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 is out. Trailers are of course a bad way to judge a movie (usually the movie is much duller), but this one has us already missing the 1974 original (which you can see on Hulu) very badly. Here's a checklist: Lt. Garber 1974: Walter Matthau, r ... More >>

Paul Newman, 1925-2008

Old Man's Still Got It

Peter O'Toole gets randy with this starring role, his first in years

Wednesday 7/26

Harvey and Bob Divorce From Disney With Infidelity Thriller

Unearthing a Lost NYC in Sargent's Great Train Robbery

Curtain Calls

Hate Your Chromosomes

The St. Tom Passion

Turning a Martyr’s Sermons Into a Truly New Song